People not controlling their dogs.

At least when the dog owner is in the vicinity, there's some hope of a bit of control. It's the owners of unattended dogs emerging from rural properties that I'd find more annoying/dangerous. There are two roads in my vicinity that are virtually impossible to cycle/walk on because of aggressive dogs. The council dog warden can't get anywhere with the matter.

This is a big problem for cyclists and pedestrians in public places like forests,parks etc. Most of these places are sign posted saying keep your dog on a lead, people can't seen to do that. I bring my dogs on walks to forests,greenways etc and constantly have to deal with other dogs off leads. It doesn't matter their dog is friendly or not, dog owners need to realise that some don't like dogs or have a fear of them. You've two things to do when you are in public with a dog, pick up after them and keep them under control and if you can't do that then you probably shouldn't have a dog

There is Legislation covering this under the control of dogs act

I heard a story about a local farmer years ago in a situation like that where a dog from a nearby halting site was terrorising his sheep. He drove into the halting site (with his shotgun) and saw the dog. He asked all the "residents" who owned the dog and of course none of them did. So he shot the dog!

As an owner of a springer spaniel I endorse that comment. a dog breed with ADHD. Big trucks and speeding vehicles can set him

off

I keep him on a short lease. A cyclist took the corner tight in Seafield road the other day while I was walking him. He jumped up and started barking. ( never leaving the path) all I heard from the cyclist was a big “Jesus@

Gardai don't have discretion to destroy unclaimed dogs. No vet would proceed on that basis.

Personally I put up with dogs. Even the mad collies running out of farm yards. Fundamentally I just like them.

But we've one kid that's petrified of dogs.

I've tried and she can now stomach the neighbour's ones. But

1. My wife is bad with them

2. A dog jumped into the buggies at her one day, I assume in a friendly manner but my wife didn't deal with it well.

So loose dogs on a walk are a disaster.

There are owners out there who really think a crying child shaking at the thought of a dog will be fine cus "he's friendly" or worse a little **** of a terrior barking who is "harmless"

I love dogs. But I don't assume everyone does.

No dogs off leash signs/pick up your dog shît signs ignored. Rules are for other people, not me and my lockdown fur baby.

we havent but its hard to know if its too late now, shes getting on in age, im just aware of her reactions now, so prepare for them, not very comforting for others though, some people just laugh, but....

I was part of a local litter cleanup yesterday, and the most frequent single item was bagged dogsh1t. There's plenty of undergrowth available, so if they just through the dogsh1t into the undergrowth, nature would look after it. But instead, they put it in a plastic bag that will take decades if not centuries to biodegrade, and throw it just far enough to leave it visible. If anyone knows a dog owner in south Dublin who uses white plastic bags with yellow polkadots for their dogsh1t, I'd like to have a word with them.

It might be worth asking a dog trainer if they think the dog is too old.

They would have discretion to call the dog warden. If the dogs weren't claimed in time then they would be destroyed.

Wardens don't destroy as a first option. They'll be looking to rehome first.

They will only keep them for a few days before destroying them. If some charity takes them on then that is different

The guards wouldn't be doing it. They'd be calling the warden. Although if I was the warden, I'd want the guards to be present when I was picking up any dogs near a halting site ............

I think that if there is a random dog out running around and you call the warden, he will come out and pick him up. If he is chipped then the owner gets informed. If not, the dog is basically put on death row unless rescued by either the owner or someone else. I'm not sure how long they keep them for these days but it's probably not as long as you might expect.

You need to get back in to the dog warden. If the dog comes off their property the owners can be fined. It has been done around here.

And the warden makes sure dog licence payments are up to date too,

I know. I was just making the point that having laws in place doesn't necessarily sort out a problem.

We have litter laws in place but I can't draw the the attention of a litter warden to a littered area and expect someone to be prosecuted. They'd have to have some proof.

The dog warden's fobbing you off and you should take it further. If there's a loose dog and nobody claims to own it then he's supposed to take the dog. It happened near here: but we've a decent dog warden.